# KHS Group to acquire minority stake in Ferrum AG; Ferrum Packaging to take over KHS can seaming business

KHS Group will acquire a minority stake in Ferrum AG, and Ferrum Packaging will take over KHS's can seaming business, pending antitrust approval. The agreement aims to bundle competencies in filling and packaging machinery.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2020-08-28
- Status: announced
- Products: filling and packaging systems, canning machinery, can seamers
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [KHS](https://endata.com/companies/3563.md) (investor)
- [Ferrum AG](https://endata.com/companies/6952.md) (partner)
- [Ferrum Packaging AG](https://endata.com/companies/6953.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [foodprocessing.com.au](https://www.foodprocessing.com.au/content/business-solutions/news/khs-and-ferrum-packaging-expand-partnership-401361316), 2020-08-28: "Pending approval from antitrust authorities, filling and packaging systems supplier KHS Group will be acquiring a minority stake in canning machinery company Ferrum AG."

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